In Canada, a University of Alberta researcher is investigating ways to eliminate atmospheric methane on an industrial scale while producing sustainable biofuels and biopolymers by using microscopic bacteria that eat methane and convert it into valuable ingredients in biofuels. Ultimately, the idea is to install bioreactors at industrial sites that produce methane. The gas can […]
In Virginia, CRDF Global and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MES) are currently accepting proposals from joint teams of U.S. and Ukrainian researchers for the 2020 U.S.-Ukraine Alternative Energy Research Competition. CRDF Global is currently accepting proposals from joint teams of U.S. and Ukrainian researchers focusing on alternative energy as it applies […]
In Illinois, Brownfield Ag News reports that a University of Illinois researcher says that due to changes in corn processing for ethanol production, the composition of distiller’s dried grains has changed as well, having direct impacts on animal feed, such as cutting the fat content to between 5% and 8%, about half what it was […]
In California, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hosting a DOE Innovation XLab on Biomanufacturing January 28-29 in Berkeley. The InnovationXLab Biomanufacturing Summit is an exclusive event aimed at showcasing how U.S. industry can leverage the world-leading bioscience assets and capabilities of the Department of Energy’s national laboratories. Its goal is to bridge the gap between […]
In Washington state, researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a new theoretical framework called minimal interspecies interaction adjustment (MIIA). It predicts how surrounding organisms and other factors drive changes in interactions in microbial communities. This new computational method improves our understanding of how microbes organize themselves into communities. It describes in detail how […]
In Denmark, DTU Biosustain and University of California, San Diego researchers have looked through studies about Adaptive Laboratory Evolution (ALE) in industrial biotech and show that ALE, if used smartly, can efficiently improve production strains’ fitness, growth and tolerance. The acronym ALE may lead one’s thoughts to beer, and as a matter of fact Adaptive […]
In Israel, China’s Xinhua news agency reports that researchers at Ben-Gurion University have developed new technology that uses a thermal treatment based on supercritical water to produce gas from organic waste. Supercritical water can actively decompose organic matter while dissolving inorganic matter slightly. Wood waste and glycerin were used as feedstocks in the lab trials. […]
In Switzerland, researchers at EPFL have patented a new concept that could cut trucks’ CO2 emissions by almost 90%. It involves capturing CO2 within the exhaust system, converting it into a liquid and storing it on the vehicle. The liquid CO2 would then be delivered to a service station and where it will be turned […]
In Finland, researchers from the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science have published a review looking at how lifecycle assessments treat the accounting of multiple ecosystem service-related issues and the limitations they provide at both the land-use and supply chain levels in the forest-based bioeconomy in North America and Europe. Analysing more than 600 articles through […]
In Indonesia, researchers from Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) conducted a study on microalgae for renewable biodiesel development. In the study, there were two types of Indonesian microalgae strains used, Nannochloropsis oculata and chlorella vulgaris. Uniquely, both have the same main growth component but differ in the type of micronutrients (trace elements). For in-situ method, microalgae cells […]
